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Remote sensing is a key application in global-change scienceand urban climatology. Urbanization, the conversion of
other types of land to uses associated with growth of populations and economy has a great impact on both micro-climate
as well as macro-climate.Urban areas tend to experience a relatively higher temperature compared with the surrounding
rural areas. This thermal difference, in conjunction with waste heat released from urban houses, transportation and
industry, contribute to the development of urban heat island (UHI). The aim of this study is to examine the changes in
land use/cover pattern in a rapidly changing area of Bucharest metropolitan area in relation to urbanization since the
1984s till 2005 and then to investigate the impact of such changes on the intensity and spatial pattern of the UHI effect in
the region.Investigation of radiation properties, energy balance and heat fluxes is based on satellite data from various
sensors Landsat TM, ETM+, ASTER and IKONOS.So called effect of "urban heat island" must be considered mostly for
summer periods conditions and large European scale heat waves.

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Journal of Applied Remote SensingJournal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and SystemsJournal of Biomedical OpticsJournal of Electronic ImagingJournal of Medical ImagingJournal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMSJournal of NanophotonicsJournal of Photonics for EnergyNeurophotonicsOptical EngineeringSPIE Reviews